Articles for My Brother Nikhil

World AIDS Day: Sanjay Suri recalls being told 'it’s commercial suicide’ while doing My Brother Nikhil
3 weeks, 1 day ago

World AIDS Day: Sanjay Suri recalls being told 'it’s commercial suicide’ while doing My Brother Nikhil

Hindustan Times  

Actor Sanjay Suri was just five year into Bollywood when he took up the titular role in Onir’s film My Brother.Nikhil, which talked around the stigma attached to a HIV Positive person. This is commercial suicide.’ Literally this was the term but I said that ‘I am happy’ and then they asked ‘why do you need to produce it also …

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Onir on censorship on OTT: Platforms want films to first go through CBFC
1 month ago

Onir on censorship on OTT: Platforms want films to first go through CBFC

Hindustan Times  

Filmmaker Onir’s latest outing, We Are Faheem & Karun, recently premiered at the Dharamshala International Film Festival. While Onir hopes for a theatrical release soon, he expresses concerns about the creeping threat of silent censorship, particularly on OTT platforms, which are generally perceived as more liberal with content. When asked if OTT platforms provide a better space for his brand …

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Interview: Onir, director and screenwriter – “I am living my dream”
2 years, 3 months ago

Interview: Onir, director and screenwriter – “I am living my dream”

Hindustan Times  

When and how did you start writing and find your voice? My Brother Nikhil, the first film I wrote and made, is based on someone else’s life. I can’t even write just a screenplay and think about dialogue later as many people do. I have been trying to do a biopic on India’s first gay filmmaker, Riyad Wadia, who made …

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How My Brother Nikhil found an audience
2 years, 5 months ago

How My Brother Nikhil found an audience

Live Mint  

It was so exciting to watch the prints getting dispatched just before the release. They were doing a job with no special love for cinema, so why would they break their heads in trying to position and market a ‘gay’ film without any ‘big’ star? ‘I Am Onir & I Am Gay’, by Onir with Irene Dhar Malik, published by …

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Onir on his book I Am Onir and I am Gay: ‘I hope to empower the LGBTQ community’
2 years, 6 months ago

Onir on his book I Am Onir and I am Gay: ‘I hope to empower the LGBTQ community’

Firstpost  

In conversation with filmmaker Onir on his book ‘Í am Onir and I am Gay’, the importance of the memoir, the representation of LGBTQI+ in society and more. National Award-winning filmmaker Onir, whose directorial debut, My Brother Nikhil, broke new ground in LGBT representation on the silver screen, has penned down his memoir titled ‘ I Am Onir and I …

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Raj Kaushal, Maker of the Path-Breaking My Brother Nikhil and Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, Dies
3 years, 5 months ago

Raj Kaushal, Maker of the Path-Breaking My Brother Nikhil and Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, Dies

News 18  

Filmmaker Onir, in his tribute to Raj Kaushal, right after the filmmaker’s sudden demise on June 30, hailed him has one of the producers of My Brother Nikhil, a film that brought to the fore themes of AIDS awareness and homosexuality 16 years ago. In his short filmography, Raj Kaushal explored various subjects – romance musical in Pyaar Mein Kabhi …

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